Indian at Paralympics 2021 and Medal Tally

The Tokyo Paralympics have begun and will conclude on September 5 this year. The games began on August 24 and will last until September 5. It won't be long before India will have to prepare for another mega event that is fast approaching after the medals won by the Indian contingent at the 2021 Olympics.

A shutdown caused by the Coronavirus forced the postponement of the Tokyo Paralympics last year. There are also new events taking place at the Paralympics this year. Among the sports debuting at the event will be badminton and taekwondo.

In all, 54 Indian athletes will compete at the Paralympics in 2021, in nine sports.

In Tokyo Paralympics, Indian athletes including:

Athletics

Men

• Devendra Jhajharia(Javelin F-46)
• Ajeet Singh(Javelin F-46)
• Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin F-46)
• Sandeep Chaudhary(Javelin F-64)
• Sumit (Javelin F-64)
• Mariyappan Thangavelu(High Jump)
• Sharad Kumar(High Jump)
• Varun Singh Bhatti (High Jump)
• Amit Kumar(Club Throw F-51)
• Dharambir (Club Throw F-51)
• Nishad Kumar(High Jump T-47)
• Ram Pal (High Jump T-47)
• Sonam Rana (Shotput F-57)
• Navdeep (Javelin F-41)
• Praveen Kumar (High Jump T-64)
• Yogesh Kathuniya(Discus Throw F-56)
• Vinod Kumar (Discus Throw F-56)
• Ranjeet Bhati (Javelin F-57)
• Arvind (Shotput F-35)
• Tek Chand (Javelin F-54)

Women

• Ekta Bhyan (Club Throw F-51)
• Kashish Lakra (Club Throw F-51)
• Bhagyashri Jadhav (Shotput F-34)
• Simran (100m T-13)

Reserve

• Sandi Sanjay Sagar (Men’s javelin F-64)

Archery

Men

• Vivek Chikara (Recurve individual open)
• Harvinder Singh (Recurve individual open)
• Rakesh Kumar (Compound individual open)
• Shyam Sundar Swami (Compound individual open)

Women

• Jyoti Baliyan (Compound individual open)

Table Tennis

• Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
• Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel

Shooting

Men

• Manish Narwal (10m air pistol)
• Deepender Singh (10m air pistol)
• Singhraj (10m air pistol)
• Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (10m air rifle standing)
• Deepak Saini (50m rifle positions, 10m air rifle standing)

Women

• Rubin Francis (10m air pistol)
• Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle, 50m air rifle)

Mixed

• Rahul Jakhar, Akash (25m pistol)
• Manish Narwal, Singhraj, Akash (50m pistol)
• Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle)
• Avani Lekhara, Deepak Saini, Siddhartha Babu (50m air rifle)

Badminton

Men

• Pramod Bhagat
• Manoj Sarkar
• Tarun Dhillon
• Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
• Krishna Nagar

Women

• Paul Parmar, Palak Kohli (Women’s doubles)

Para Canoeing

• Prachi Yadav

Powerlifting

Men - Jaideep Deswal (Men’s 65kgs)

Women - Sakina Khatun (Women’s 50kgs)

Swimming

• Niranjan Mukundan (50m Butterfly)
• Suyash Jadhav (50m Butterfly, 200m individual medley)

Taekwondo

• Aruna Singh Tomar (Women’s 44-49kgs)

Here is the List of the Indian Athletes who won the Medals for India in the Tokyo Paralympics 2021 –